Janitor Bob

Thanks...but not going to Florida until end of May....Although Florida this past weekend would have spared me the following comment from a client: "I always spit in my food and mix it up before I eat it cuz then it is easier to chew....I can spit-soften your lunch for you if you want." ...and no...this guy is not elderly.....41 with a full set of teeth...He's just really weird.

Obviously you are not aware of the frickin regulations that prohibit more than one frickin banana per household unless you have obtained a frickin babana license.

I give my favorite clients a frickin banana

If grandaughter is a dependant on their return, grandaughter does not qualify for the stimulus payment

The children did not live with them...they simply went to their parent's home for a few hours at night a few days each week to help care for the father. Would these kids really be classified as household employees and thus cause Schedule H?

Actually, she suggested just shaving the upper back and chest for the summer...I mentioned the waxing thing...She said that was up to me, but that if I did it to do only small areas at a time. she has some waxing done and told me that it is very painful She actually likes running her fingers through it, so I may only trim it back some with trimmers...I just do not like the way it bushes out the top of my shirt because it is so heavy.

Elderly client paid her daughter and son approx. $3,000 each to care for her elderly husbad (the kids' father) prior to being placed in an extended care facility she needed the son and daughter to care for him.....Would this be a deductible medical expense. Upon her lawyer's advice she paid them and provided them with 1099-Misc. They claimed the income on their returns, but can client claim what she paid them as a medical expense on Schedule A? While what the son and daughter provided could not be in the same class as a doctor, they did provide basic medical care and assistance much like what is provided in an extended care facility. What say all of you?

Girlfriend (soon to be fiance, I hope) wants me to wax my back and chest because the amount of hair is just out of control....I agree that somethings needs done...but how painful is this?

Sounds good to me

Manually open a 5329 and make sure that at the top it is marked Spouse's..does that do anything

Actually, I had Mexican. I am an important member of the prestigious Lunch Club at El Sombrero....I get my card punched every time I eat there...punched nine times then tenth is free....Today was number ten! I love free Mexican food

Thanks...I have used this before...but this is the first opportunity to use it this year. ...Also client just informed me that the vehicle purchased happened in 2006....NOT 2007....So looks like I will need to amend last year. Client....a car sales man who, conveniently, is also a "tax expert" states that he and his buddies were talking and he thinks that he should be able to deduct the 2006 sales taxes paid on this 2007 return instead of amending last year...Where did they get this?!

Unless its rejected, you'll have to amend

frikkin banana

In past years, you could deduct EITHER your state and local income tax OR your sales tax on Sch A....Is the sales tax still an option?.....I have a client that purchased several vehicles and his sales tax paid is much larger than state income tax paid. I cannot remember if this was extended.

Based on your information, I see no reason not to take EIC....and I would amend last year and claim it as well.

Going on vacation to Key West end of May...Think I will ask my girlfriend to marry me while we are there....Purchased ring this weekend before gold prices drive the cost up. ...Man...a lot of stuff can change in a year!

They can be over 16, just not yet 17

401k loans are not taxable income unless you default on payments.....Either client is not telling full story or issuer of the 1099 needs to correct.

....I'm huntin bunny wabbits

I like fruit salad, but the fruit is only really good in the summer months

I usually just roll over and go back to sleep

Yes...Line 21....The Line 21 worksheet has an area just for this just above the subtotal

Same problem here

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